The surcharge for lorries designed to help raise funding for the Koper-Divača rail upgrade will enter into force in July 2018 and not July 2019 as stated in the 5th paragraph of the 19 April copy. The corrected report follows.

Ljubljana, 20 April - The relevant body of the European Commission has backed Slovenia's plan to raise part of the funding for an upgrade of the railway connecting the port of Koper with the inland hub of Divača with a toll surcharge for lorries, a Slovenian government official has said.